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"And that includes the odds of you pissing in a specific ocean on a specific planet within an infinite universe ;) The ODDS are pretty damn good! It's no different than the odds of the location of our galaxy in the universe :P"

"If claims one and two were refering to a closed system of opportunity, numbers like "one in a billion" sound impressive.
But, in a limitless system of opportunity (or even a system with unimaginablely high numbers of…"

"Both claims are erroneous and self-invented bs that have no data to support them. They are playing the odd game, or the game that it's too improbable for it all to have happened by "chance".. Well, It's a good thing we understand…"

"I might be wrong on this, but I am fairly certain science has its roots in philosophy. Philosophy is a very useful discipline which when done properly is mathematically rigorous. It is allegorical of the scientific method.
As to the linked post, I…"

""I am just not getting anything from this line of reasoning. Sorry guys. It is okay to stop now."
It would be helpful if you explained why. But if you want to stop, fine.
My final point would be that information is physical and important…"

""It would include a whole raft of description, all of it material."
Let's keep this quote in mind, and I'll show you the parts of your description that are not 'material'.
"The light projected from the…"

"So, do emails exist? If so, what are they made of? If not, how do you read them? Try actually attempting to answer the questions I posed. It is not really possible to answer them when you restrict yourself to matter/energy and spacetime. You will…"